Rosemary Galloway November 2019
In addition to her musical activities,
Rosemary served on the Board of Directors of the Toronto Musicians Association
for 19 years. She served as President for two/ three year terms ending in 2005. She continued to
chair the Music Education Committee which provided support to school and community programs in specific
areas and created an instrument bank. The Toronto Musicians' Association,
sometimes called the union, is responsible for administering agreements between
professionals in the industry and all major employers in the GTA (Toronto
Symphony Orchestra, Canadian Opera Company, National Ballet Orchestra, CBC, all
major theatres, etc), and for representing the interests of member musicians in
every area of musical endeavour. The Toronto Musicians' Association represents
3000 members and is the largest local in the Canadian Federation of Musicians.
In 2007 Rosemary and volunteer members of
Scarborough Bluffs United Church in Scarborough, Ontario (a suburb of Toronto
with a population of 750,000) initiated a program to offer music lessons to
children who might otherwise not have an opportunity to study music. With the
help and commitment of the volunteer Board, in 2017 Scarborough Bluffs Music
incorporated as Springboard To Music and received charitable status. The
program has offered weekly group and private lessons in hand drumming, piano, guitar
and vocals to over 90 students per week. Lessons are modestly priced and
subsidies are available to qualifying students. STM employs a number of
teachers and a part time administrator, and is supported by student fees, corporate and
individual donors and grants. Please see the website at www.springboardtomusic.ca for more information about the program.
From 2007 until June 2018 Rosemary also
administered a for profit after school group piano keyboard teaching program,
also affordably priced, which is still being offered in a number of GTA schools
and community venues.
In October 2019 Rosemary relocated to
Winnipeg with her partner Braden Lovatt (bradenlovatt.ca). She looks forward to new musical
opportunities and activities in the Winnipeg area.
